My Congressman is a traitor.
On June 29, 2021, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3005, a bill focused on removing statues of 1) a Supreme Court Justice who wrote the Dred Scott decision which declared African-Americans were not citizens of the United States, and thus had no rights as Americans, and 2) to remove statues of anyone who served in the army of the Confederate States of America while those states were in rebellion against the United States.
This is a simple bill: pull the statues and busts of those who fought for or supported slavery in the United States. There is no tricky language in this bill: it is straightforward. Any American that can read, that is not a racist, or is NOT a supporter of the Confederacy, would happily vote to remove these symbols of these men — these traitors to the United States.
John Joyce, R-PA, representing the 13th Congressional District that includes my hometown, voted against this bill.
You can see his vote ‘Nay’ here.
These is little to say about this other than John Joyce is an utter disgrace to this area, to the people who served this state during the Civil War, and to this nation. His reprehensible votes demonstrate he is neither a student of history nor a man with a conscience. He was willing to vote with the other 119 Republicans who voted ‘Nay’ on…
